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Justin Bieber's bad attitude on display at deposition

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Justin Bieber, here with mother Pattie Mallette at the premiere of "Justin Bieber's Believe," was deposed last week in a lawsuit over whether his bodyguard beat up a photographer.
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It ain't easy being Bieb. Justin Bieber appeared alternately disgusted, irritated, angry, and, it must be said, obnoxious during a taped deposition in Miami Friday stemming from a lawsuit filed by a paparazzo who claims Bieber's bodyguard beat him up. (TMZ obtained the full videotaped deposition and posted clips.)

Bieber got the most riled up when the lawyer for the photographer asked him about his relationship with ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez (whom Bieber was spotted with later that day after flying to Texas, where Gomez performed over the weekend). Bieber's lawyer told the opposing counsel that the line of questioning was irrelevant, but when the lawyer persisted, Bieber snapped, "Don't ask me about her again," repeating himself several times until his lawyer calls for a break.

But the four-hours-plus deposition was not without moments of levity — at least for the rest of us watching. At another point, the lawyer questions him about his relationship with mentor Usher. Bieber denies that Usher "discovered" him, but when asked whether Usher was "instrumental" in Bieber's success, Bieber says no: "I was detrimental to my own career."